That idea with open beta release of the new versions of DCS SW is great for me, but imho it is the blade of two edges:
First edge will add new testers exponentially, but...
Second edge will flood the forum with false alarm reports and it will make (also imho) testers work harder to pick up and clarify user-found bugs, than if they found that bugs by theirselves, because the native(current) testers know what are they looking for.
OR - if this open-beta-testing should be worth it, it should come to public with proper full documentation of the release and full changelog and some clues to what we should test and where we should look for bugs and so...
I'm affraid, that it should become a total mess....:huh:
Sorry for my bad english, I hope you get my thoughts :D